Thomas Wildcat Alford
Birth: Jun 1860 Oklahoma, USA
Death: 3 Aug 1938 (aged 78) Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial: Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA
Memorial #: 40327888
Bio: Absentee Shawnee Indian Teacher, Advisor, Interpreter & DIRECT DESCENDANT OF CHIEF TECUMSEH!Thomas Wildcat Alford, known as one of the outstanding Indian leaders and educators in Oklahoma, will be honored in final rites at his home, east of Benson Park, at 2:30 Thursday afternoon. The 78-year-old benefactor of his fellow tribesmen succumbed to a long illness at 2:45 Wednesday morning at his home, south of Shawnee. Rev. M. Jordan of Tecumseh will be in charge of the service to be followed by burial in the Tecumseh Cemetery at 3 o'clock when a Masonic graveside service will be held. Alford was a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the McAlester consistory. Alford was 78 years old at the time of his death. He had been in failing health for some time.-obit
Family Members
Spouses
Mary Grinnell Alford 1857-1892
Etta M. Alford Unknown-1902
Fannie Tyner Alford 1880-1957
Children
Pierrepont Alford 1885-1963
Charles Reece Alford 1887-1956
Eugene R. Alford 1905-1975
Thomas W. Alford 1906-1982
Rachel Alford Powell 1907-1997
George W. Alford 1909-1985
Elwood Seymour Alford 1911-1992
Ruth Francis Alford Musick 1917-2003
Created by: John Vincent "VINCE" Powers (47110613)
Added: 5 Aug 2009
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40327888/thomas-wildcat-alford
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 May 2019), memorial page for Thomas Wildcat Alford (Jun 1860–3 Aug 1938), Find A Grave Memorial no. 40327888, citing Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by John Vincent "VINCE" Powers (contributor 47110613) .
